Pitch sale: “Inner Child”
Michael Bostick moved from Shady Acres to become co-CEO of Walden Media a few weeks back. His first move was to buy this comedy pitch “Inner Child” (Variety subscription required) from writer Ross Venokur. Here’s the premise:
Story centers on a disparaging self-help guru whose approach is to squelch the dreams of his followers. When he discovers his license to practice is in jeopardy as he has failed to complete his own mandated time on the couch, he sets out to hastily complete his missing hours, only to have his own inner child wreak havoc.
Signals a move that Walden Media is going to “move to expand beyond adaptations of kidlit and into broad comedies.”
Venokur is repped by ICM and Hung Entertainment.